Venator build guide

In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti

by Akechi YamiVersion 32Updated Sep 27, 2026Guide #814720

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Author's notes

Created by Akechi After tier 2 of grenade has been acquired, upgrade grenade if dealing with healing heroes or upgrade trap if not the case twitch.tv/yamiakechi

Item categories

1Lane phase
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Close Quarters
2. 2
  Extended Magazine
  Upgrade to Titanic for dmg or Escalating Resilience if they have lots of gun heroes
3. 3
  Melee Charge
  Purchase this if shotgun is tier 2
4. 4
  Melee Lifesteal
2Defensive items in lane
Author's category · 4 items · Pick one during lane phase
1. 1
  Battle Vest
  Strong Vs. Gun heroes
2. 2
  Spirit Shielding
  Strong Vs. spirit heroes
3. 3
  Restorative Locket
  Great when the enemy spams lots of abilities
4. 4
3Core
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Point Blank
  Built from Close Quarters
  Extra dmg + slow
2. 2
  Crushing Fists
  Built from Melee Charge
3. 3
  Echo Shard
4. 4
4End game
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Frenzy
  Strong Vs. debuffs
2. 2
  Glass Cannon
  Huge power spike in melee and gun. Purchase it after 3 k health
3. 3
  Juggernaut
  Built from Enduring Speed
  Strong Vs. Gun heroes. Purchase this if you acquired heavy bullets
4. 4
5Alternative dmg options
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Titanic Magazine
  Built from Extended Magazine
  Good early, sell later to get Crushing Fists
2. 2
  Weighted Shots
  Huge power spike in melee and gun, also strong vs. debuffs
3. 3
  Hunter's Aura
  Strong Vs. gun based heroes
6Defensive items
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Escalating Resilience
  Built from Extended Magazine
  Alternative option of Metal Skin
2. 2
  Silencer
  Strong Vs. spirit heroes
3. 3
  Metal Skin
  If behind souls, purchase this vs. gun heroes

Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
Consecrating GrenadeConsecrating Grenade		Consecrating Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 2									Consecrating Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 11	Consecrating Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 12